Sage ERP X3 Version 6: A Sneak Peek
We saw it. It’s all in there—from purchasing to sales, to inventory and accounting, to customer relationship management (CRM) and production. Of course, it would take hours to see how it all works. To track performance and key performance indicators (KPIs), X3 uses the Crystal Reports generator, which houses a library of 400 reports and Business Objects technology for dashboards and Web access.
New Technologies for Collaboration and Monitoring
Integration with Microsoft Office allows users to create, edit, and save files without leaving the system. This also makes collaboration between users easier since all files are saved in the database. Another interesting option is that customers and vendors can interact with the system.
Complex but Reliable Security and Workflows
Workflows are really easy to define and modify: a click or drag-and-drop will suffice for simple processes. The Visual Process Designer comes with over 100 predefined processes. The level of complexity supported is supposed to be very high, but this is something that cannot be demonstrated but worth mentioning. Security is essential when processes become complex, and X3 offers Web encryption as well as access control by user, group, and role.
Flexible for Growth and Changing Needs
The modularity of the system allows companies to implement only the modules that they need (others can be added later). The Sage ERP X3 fourth generation language integrated development environment (4GL IDE) can be used to create custom applications, which can be integrated within the product. This is another feature that cannot be demonstrated during an online demo, but it’s worth mentioning since it’s one of the features that sets X3 apart from its competitors.
Finally, here are the major enhancements in Version 6 compared to Version 5 (see graph below):
- Finance has been entirely rebuilt and now completely covers the functionality for this module. The main changes are related to multi-country, multicurrency, and multi-legislation compliance, as well as advanced fixed assets and advanced budgeting.
New Technologies for Collaboration and Monitoring
Integration with Microsoft Office allows users to create, edit, and save files without leaving the system. This also makes collaboration between users easier since all files are saved in the database. Another interesting option is that customers and vendors can interact with the system.
Complex but Reliable Security and Workflows
Workflows are really easy to define and modify: a click or drag-and-drop will suffice for simple processes. The Visual Process Designer comes with over 100 predefined processes. The level of complexity supported is supposed to be very high, but this is something that cannot be demonstrated but worth mentioning. Security is essential when processes become complex, and X3 offers Web encryption as well as access control by user, group, and role.
Flexible for Growth and Changing Needs
The modularity of the system allows companies to implement only the modules that they need (others can be added later). The Sage ERP X3 fourth generation language integrated development environment (4GL IDE) can be used to create custom applications, which can be integrated within the product. This is another feature that cannot be demonstrated during an online demo, but it’s worth mentioning since it’s one of the features that sets X3 apart from its competitors.
Finally, here are the major enhancements in Version 6 compared to Version 5 (see graph below):
- Finance has been entirely rebuilt and now completely covers the functionality for this module. The main changes are related to multi-country, multicurrency, and multi-legislation compliance, as well as advanced fixed assets and advanced budgeting.
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